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Mount Sinai DoctorsFrederick Thum III, MD
Emergency Medicine
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About Me
Dr. Thum is a practicing emergency physician and informaticist with interests in usability, Health IT safety and new paradigms of healthcare delivery and engagement such as telemedicine and digital health. He is Board Certified in Emergency Medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine, and Board Certified in Clinical Informatics by the American Board of Preventive Medicine. Dr. Thum graduated magna cum laude from Drexel University after which he completed his MD at Rutgers University – New Jersey Medical School.
Dr. Thum has extensive experience in usability, implementation and workflow redesign. He conducted usability testing for a NIH-NIA funded study Improving management of acute pain for older adults in the Emergency Department (ED) setting. He has served as a consultant and advisor to telemedicine startups and has organized nationally attended conferences on connected health. He has used telemedicine to deliver care locally for a fortune 500 company in Midtown and as far away as a military base in Djibouti.
Regional / National Committees / Advisory Boards:
TouchCare Telehealth Consultant
The state of Florida requires out-of-state professionals who are registered to provide telehealth services to display a hyperlink to the Florida Department of Health telehealth web page. This allows Florida patients who are receiving medical care by telehealth to confirm the provider’s licensure and Florida registration.
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Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- Mount Sinai Morningside
- Mount Sinai Brooklyn
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- Mount Sinai West
About Me
Dr. Thum is a practicing emergency physician and informaticist with interests in usability, Health IT safety and new paradigms of healthcare delivery and engagement such as telemedicine and digital health. He is Board Certified in Emergency Medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine, and Board Certified in Clinical Informatics by the American Board of Preventive Medicine. Dr. Thum graduated magna cum laude from Drexel University after which he completed his MD at Rutgers University – New Jersey Medical School.
Dr. Thum has extensive experience in usability, implementation and workflow redesign. He conducted usability testing for a NIH-NIA funded study Improving management of acute pain for older adults in the Emergency Department (ED) setting. He has served as a consultant and advisor to telemedicine startups and has organized nationally attended conferences on connected health. He has used telemedicine to deliver care locally for a fortune 500 company in Midtown and as far away as a military base in Djibouti.
Regional / National Committees / Advisory Boards:
TouchCare Telehealth Consultant
The state of Florida requires out-of-state professionals who are registered to provide telehealth services to display a hyperlink to the Florida Department of Health telehealth web page. This allows Florida patients who are receiving medical care by telehealth to confirm the provider’s licensure and Florida registration.
Language
Position
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- Mount Sinai Morningside
- Mount Sinai Brooklyn
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- Mount Sinai West